Vehicle



RJ. NEWTON. VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYS, 1914.

Patented June 21, '1921.

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VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED IIIIAY IB. I9I4.

Patented lune 21, 1921.

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To all whom. it may com-em:

Be it known thetl, RICHARD T. NEWTON, e. citizen oi the United, States,and resident of Nutley, in the county of Esser; and State' ol' NewJersey., lieve invented certain new and useful Improvements iiiVehicles, of which the following is speciicetion.

rThis invention relates to vehicles provided with shock neutrelizers orsupplemental springs, and more especially to shock neutrclizers for thefront pertof e vehicle, to neutralize shocks caused by the front Wheelspassing over ruts or ridges, and to utilize the elestic elements in suchshock neutralize-rs to also neutralize shocks caused by collision.

The invention consists essentially of e vehicle providedet the frontwith cesings containing coiled springs so arranged es to op? crete bothwhen e shock is caused by the Wheels passing over an obstacle or by thefront part of the Vehicle striking or collidf ing against en obstacle,es will now be expleined, reference being had to the followingspecitication and claims and vthe drewings, in which- Figure l shows insection e portieri` of the traine and leal spring of the front of evehicle provided with a shock neutrelizer carrying one'coiled springcepeble of being 'actuated either by the leef spring or by the bumper ofthe vehicle,

Fig. 2 shows the seme structure seenfronu below, l l

Fig. 3 is e section showing e modified form in which two coiled springszireused,

Li is e section .showing another con'- structicn in which the casing isple-ced horisontslly5 is e pian View of the construction shown. in L1,

5 is e detail showing the partition 16 of Fig. 3, and

'7 shows e. shock neutmlizer attached to the upper and lower leaf springof e double elliptic or three quarter elliptic springl in the frontpartcf a Vehicle.

Rererring to the drawings, there 1s shown a part 'ci e vehicle frame 10,a semi-elliptic spring 11, a casing 12, having the cap 13 and the bottom14, seid casing being attached to the vehicle frame 10 by means of thebracket 15. Inside the easing there is e disk 16, which also serves as upartition when more then one spring is used. Through the disk :Lei-:ersrarest. Potente@ @une 2i, 19%.@

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16 passes a. bolt or shaft l? engaging the forked lever 18 1) or rod 16(Fig. 3). The lever .18 is pi'votelly attached to the leespring 1l etone end has its fiilcruin 19 et the other end on e bracket 20, rigidlyattached to er forming s. of the casing. inside the casing; is singlecoiled spring 2i, shown iii 1, or the two coiled springs 2l. and 2ishown in Figs. 3 and 4f. Resting zig-einst the spring 2l is theadjustable disk 22 lil-.rough which pesses the screw threaded bolt 23carrying the lock mit 24. ln iront or the vehicle is the bumper. 27 towhich is attached one erin 26 of e two armed leveri the other erm beingattached to the'rcd 23. f

When e'seinrelli tic spring is used, es shown in 1 end 2, its recrend.is etteclied to the vehicle freine by means of the shackle 28, so as topermit oli longitudinal extension. in the construction shown in Figs. land 2. th iever l@ :rots directly en the disk i6. ln the modifiedcenstriictioh shown in Fig. 3 the lever 18 acts unen the disk orpartition J ineens of therod 16 connecting; the lever and the dish 16.

ln the modified construction. shown in Figs. l 5 one erin 32 of bellcrank lever is iivotelly attached to th leef spring 11 the other erro.being attached to the partition it? ineens of the boit 17. The bellcrenkjever ulcruined et 3G on bracket 31 attached to 'the erasing.

ln the construction shown in Figs. e and 5 e rod or tube pivr ifattached to the bumper 2?, this tube or i being screwed into thecentr-ei enlarged c'iuthe disk 34. the. letter'ecteeting the `ecii'cdspr. g zuid 21. in the construction shown Fia, Z there is zin ripperleef spring 85, d lower leef spring 11. The ripper leef spring beingattached 37 to bracket on the ing;I 1Q. The lower leef spring lli ispivot elly attached at 39 to the one armed lever )40, ulcrumed at il toe bracket on the lower side of the disk 541. which is supported so es toprevent downward movement. The erm 4() is pivoted to the rod 42 attachedet 43 to e lever 44 fulcrumed at -l5 to e support 51 etteched' to enextension 38 of the cesin 12. The lever 44 is attached to the disk 16 et46. Below the disk 16 is e. coiled spring 21 and above the disk is elighter coiled spring 21 resting against the plate 22 attached to thepressed by the upward movement of "thedisk 16 caused by the movement ofthe leaf:4

spring 11 as shown in Figs. 1 to 5. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7where a double elliptic leafspring is used, the coiled spring i' 21 iscompressed bytheadisk 16 actuated by the lever 44, the rod42 and ,thelever 40, the latter being actuated by the lowe'r leaf spring 11.

When the coiled spring is actiiated'by the leaf spring 11 this movementhas no effect' upon the bumper 27"or the mechanismY attached thereto. Incase of collision the spring 21 when only one coiled spring is used, orthe springs 21 and 21', when two coiled springs are used, take up theshock' assisted by the leaf spring 11 through the lever attachedthereto. It is thus evident that by means of the addition of a 4fewsimple mechanical parts, the same elastic elements that are used to takeup the shocks of the wheels, also become available to take up vthe shockof an eventualcollision. As will be seen, there may be used in thecasing 12 either two coiled springs or one spring. The formerarrangement is usually preferable as by its use shocks are morecompletely neutralized, but the arrangement with one spring is alsopractical as it gives good results, especially on lighter forms ofvehicles.

It is evident that the same arrangement of the elements of the bumperwould be available to actuate a shock neutralizer 'of a type other -thanthe coiled spring type.

What I claim as new is:v

1. In a vehicle, a leaf spring, a casing attached to the front of thevehicle frame, coiled springs in the casing, a partition between thecoiled springs, said partition being actuated by the leaf spring, abumper and means for actuating the coiled springs by the movement of thebumper.

2. In a vehicle, a casing, a coiled spring in the casing, a bumper,means connected -with the bumper for actuating the coiled spring, andmeans lconnected with a leaf spring for actuating the coiled spring.

3. In -a vehicle, a shock neutralizer, a bumper, means connected withthe bumper for actuating the shock neutralizer, and

-means connected with a leaf spring for actuating the shock neutralizer.

4. In a vehicle, a vehicle frame, a leaf spring, a casing, a coiledspring in the casing, a lever attached to the leaf spring and to thecasing, a bumper adapted to actuate the coiled spring by the lever, adisk at the end of and resting against the coiled spring,

a rod attached to the disk and a two armed lever actuating the rod.

5. In a vehicle, a vehicle frame, a casing Aattached to the frame acoiled spring in the casing, a lever attached to the leaf spring, and tothe casing, means for actuating the coiled spring by the lever, a diskat the end of and resting against the coiled'spring, a rod attached tthe disk, a two armed lever actuating the roll,l and means for adjustingthe position of the disk to vary the tension on the coiled spring. I

6. In a shock eliminator for vehicles, a substantially vertical springcasing designed tobe arranged in extension of and to move with a'longitudinal frame member of a chassis, and a lever pivoted to saidcasing and to the vehicle s ring, in combination with a cushioningSdi-ing arranged within said-casing, and operatively engaged by saidlever to cushion the action of the vehicle spring on-flexion of thelatter.

A to be arranged in extension of yand to move with a longitudinal framemember of a chassis, and a levelarranged substantially horizontal belowsaid casing and pivoted thereto and to the vehicle spring in combinationwith a cushioning s, ring arranged Within the casing and operativelyengaged by said lever to cushion the actlon of the vehicle spring onflexion ofthe latter.

8. In a shock eliminator for vehicles, a vertical spring casinglrigidwith and substantially in the vertical plane of a chassis frame member,and a lever pivoted to said casing element and arrangedto be flexiblyconnected to the vehicle spring, in combination with a cushioning springarranged within said casing and operatively engaged by said lever tocushion the action of the vehicle spring on fiexion of the latter.

9. In a shock eliminator for vehicles, aV substantially verticalspring'casing designed to be arranged above and to move with a chassisframe member, and a lever pivotally secured to the casing element andarranged to be flexibly connected to the vehicle spring in combinationwith a cushioning spring arranged within said casing and operatlvelyengaged byy said lever to cushion the action of the vehicle spring onflexion of the latter.

10. For use with a vehicle having a body part and a supporting springtherefor associated with the running gear, said body part and springbeing separable at their ends, a self contained shock neutralizeradapted to be operatively interposed4 beico l1. In a vehicle, a mainsupporting spring,

a shock neutralizing spring operatively interposed between the mainspring and the frame, a bumper, and means for actuating the shockneutralizing spring by the movement of the bumper. l

12. Infa vehicle, a frame, a main support- .irng spring, av casing fastwith the frame, a

shock neutralizingspring arranged in said casing and operativelyinterposed between Y the main spring and the frame, a bumper,

and means foractuating the shock neutralize ing spring by the movementof the bumper.

13. In a construction as specied in claim 12, a shock neutralizingspring of the coil-spring type.

14. In a vehicle, a frame, a main supporting spring, a shockneutralizing spring operatively interposed between the mamA spring andthe frame, a bumper, and means for actuating the shock neutralizingspring by the movement of the bumper, said neutralizing spring beingengaged at its opposite ends by the main spring element on the one handand the bumper element on the other hand.

15. In a vehicle, a vehicle frame, a main supporting spring, a casingattached to the vehicle frame, oppositely acting neutralizing springsarranged Within said casing, an abutment arranged between and constantlyengaged by the said springs, and a lever pivoted to the main spring andcasing and operatively connected to said abutment between theneutralizing springs, together with a pivoted buiier and an operatingcon nection between the latter and one of the neutralizing springs.

16. For use with a vehicle having running gear and a body membersupported thereon, said running gear and body being separably united, aself-contained shock neutralizer adapted to be operatively 4interposedbetween said body member and running gear,

means for.

and comprising a casing havin removably attaching it to one o saidparts, neutralizer spring means arranged in the casing, a lever pivotedto the casing and to the other of said members, and means operativelyconnected to the lever and the neutralizer spring means in such mannerthat relative vertical displacement of the running gear with relation tothe vehicle body will be yieldingly resisted.

17. A shock eliminator adapted to be'operatively interposed between therunning gear and body of the vehicle, said device comprising a shockeliminator spring housing, means' for securing the same to one of saidmembers, a lever pivotally connected to the other of said members and toa lateral extension of .the housing, a spring within said housing and anoperative connection between said lever andspring to freely resist`relative igertical displacement of said running gear and vehicle body.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 13th day of May, A. D. 1914.

RICHARD T. NEWTON. Witnesses:

C. A. O. Rosnm., E. C. DUFF.

